(0:20–0:45) – VERSE 1
The waiting room is sterile white
They check your pulse, they check your vitals
But something 'bout that fluorescent light
On Makes you feel like you're just a title
A number on a clipboard page
Another cog inside their cage
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(0:45–1:10) – CHORUS 1
If you want to be happy for the rest of your life
Stay away from doctors to save your life
They call it a practice, don’t you know
That keeps them rolling with the cash flow
They never want to get to the root of the cause…
No, they never want to get to the root of the cause
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(1:10–1:35) – VERSE 2
They write a script, you take the pill
It masks the ache, it bends the will
But the ache returns, a deeper pain
A spinning wheel in the pouring rain
They treat the symptom, not the man
That wasn't in their master plan
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(1:35–2:00) – CHORUS 2 (Drums kick harder)
If you want to be happy for the rest of your life
Stay away from doctors to save your life
They call it a practice, don’t you know
That keeps them rolling with the cash flow
They never want to get to the root of the cause…
No, they never want to get to the root of the cause
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(2:00–2:20) – BRIDGE 1 (Music drops to just bass and a snare drum)
The root is deep, it’s in the soil
Of how we work, of how we toil
Of what we eat, of what we breathe
Of all the lies we all believe
They profit from the mystery
And sell you back your sanity
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(2:20–2:45) – VERSE 3 (Full band returns, gritty and raw)
The sun and soil, the rain and seed
The walking barefoot, the simple need
To sweat, to sleep, to laugh, to cry
They can't prescribe a clear blue sky
So trade the clinic for the pines
And listen to your own design
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(2:45–2:55) – PRE-CHORUS (Build-up, hi-hats speeding up)
'Cause every test and every chart
Can't mend a broken, weary heart
They'll call you crazy, call you lost
But who pays the heavier cost?
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(2:55–3:20) – CHORUS 3 (Full-throttle, crowd-singalong energy)
If you want to be happy for the rest of your life!
Stay away from doctors to save your life!
They call it a practice, don’t you know
That keeps them rolling with the cash flow
They never want to get to the root of the cause…
No, they never want to get to the root of the cause!
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(3:20–3:35) – GUITAR BREAK / INSTRUMENTAL SOLO
A wailing, bluesy slide-guitar solo over the chorus chord progression—raw, defiant, and cathartic.
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(3:35–3:50) – BRIDGE 2 / BREAKDOWN (Music cuts to just a stomp and a clap)
I'm not saying all are blind—
Some heal with a healing mind
But follow the dollar, follow the pen
They'll patch you up and start again
The cure you're looking for ain't in that room—
It's waking up before the doom
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(3:50–4:10) – FINAL CHORUS / OUTRO (Layered vocals, call-and-response, slowly fading)
Lead: If you want to be happy for the rest of your life!
Backup: (Happy for the rest of your life!)
Lead: Stay away from doctors to save your life!
Backup: (Stay away, stay away!)
Lead: They call it a practice, don't you know!
Backup: (Don't you know!)
Lead: That keeps them rolling with the cash flow!
(Music drops to just a single acoustic guitar and whispered vocals)
Lead (spoken-sung): They never want to get to the root…
(Pause)
The root is you.